Short ReviewThe very talented U-16 team won only one game in the tournament, buton the other hand it was against a very strong Russian team.Frölunda’s youngster Fredrik Pettersson was the best scorer on the Swedish team with 2 goalsin 3 games. Pettersson is along with Alexander Sundström the most hyped players on this team and thesetwo were the most penalized players of the tournament. Pettersson had 31 PIM and Sundström 39.

It is still too early to tell how good this team will become next year and in the future but there are a lot of talented playerson the team that we can and should expect a lot from.

Short ReviewThe Russian team was very strong and defeated both the Sweden and the Czech Rep. 7-0.But oddly enough the Russian’s had major problems against Finland and lost1-4 actually. Team Sweden scored only 4 goals in 3 games which of courseisn’t good enough. The goals were scored by forward Anton Axelsson, defenseman Richard Demén-Willaume bothfrom Frölunda. MoDo’s young defenseman Emil Hansson and Mora’s top prospect Martin Gudmundsson scored a goal each as well. The Swedish U-17 team is a very talented one with several player that should become quality players in thefuture. There’s a good mix of players with strong defensive abilities and players with fine offensive games.There is however a lack of natural goal scorers like Almtuna’s Johannes Salomonsson.

Short ReviewTeam Sweden without the injured star, Robert Nilsson, had a very good tournamentdefeating even Russia. Top prospect Johan Franssonwas finally healthy and played but the promising two-way defenseman didn’t register a point in any of the games. The huge sniper, Linus Videll,had 3 goals and 2 assists and was the leading scorer on the team. Videll is a player that might very well climb up the rankings for the 2003 NHL Entrydraft and perhaps even get drafted in the first 3,4 rounds.

Frölunda’s Loui Eriksson (also expected to get drafted) scored 3 goals and an assist and MIF Redhawk’s wonderkidCarl Söderberg scored 3 goals. Former NHLer Willy Lindström’s son, Liam Lindström,stood out as well despite not scoring a single goal.Goalie Christopher Heino-Lindberg proved once againthat he is to be Sweden’s #1 goalie in the WJC-18 later this springafter a strong performance and a save percentage of 94.7.

Short ReviewNot an excellent tournament by any means butthe win over Switzerland was quite impressive.Defenseman Thomas Skogs demonstrated some of his offensiveskills scoring 3 goals.

Overall the team doesn’t look very strong, but there are some playersthat should become key-players in next year’s U-20 championships.I’m refering to players like Alexander Steen, Dragan Umicevic, Tobias Enström and Andreas Valdix.Goalie Joakim Lundström was pretty steady in net and considering he almost made the WJC-team thisseason he will be a lock next year.